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This might sound like WikiLeaks latest videoa top-secret recording of a drone strike in Pakistan that wound up collaterally damaging dozens of innocent bystanders . But its actually a description of the beginning of the new X-Men blockbusterDays of Future Pasta film that (underneath its comic-book action and time-travel shenanigans) questions the use of military robots and highlights the damage they can inflict on civilians. Or should I say *another* film. Days of Future Past is notthe only recent Hollywood production to express discomfort with President Barack Obamas drone program.Last month, Marvel Studios released Captain America: The Winter Soldierand almost immediately the directors, Joe and Anthony Russo, revealed that their movie was all about civil liberties drone strikes, the presidents kill list, [and] preemptive technology. When a RoboCop reboot came out in February, director Jose Padilha described it thusly: The movies about drones . Back in 2012, the fourth installment in the Bourne franchise, The Bourne Legacy, featured a sequence in which an American UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) attempted to blow up Jeremy Renner, a CIA superagent hiding out in Alaska. And then theresHomeland. OnShowtimes hit spy drama, the original worldstarhiphop kim kardashian sinthe trauma that transformed Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) into an al http://matthewszeas.iloveblog.com/2014/05/22/kim-kardashian-launches-extreme-low-carb-ketogenic-diet-for-wedding-weight-loss-national-celebrity-fitness-and-health-examiner-com/ Qaeda sleeper agentwas a drone strike that accidentally killed an 8-year-old boy hed befriended in captivity. All of which raises an intriguing question: Is the sudden rise of movies (and shows) that criticize drones a mere coincidence? <br>Source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/23/hollywood-s-war-on-drones.html